Amazon (AMZN) has opened experience showrooms in Lennar (LEN) smart homes, according to CNBC. The combination is meant to sell the home, smart home products and the services needed for both. The homes have Wi-Fi built into the walls and will be able to showcase Amazon's products like the Ring doorbell and Alexa. There are currently 14 showrooms nationwide, but expansion plans are already taking place.Reference Link

NetApp shipments of NVMe solutions is a 'significant advance', says DA Davidson. DA Davidson analyst Mark Kelleher kept his Buy rating and $83 price target on NetApp (NTAP) after its Q4 earnings beat, saying the company has been successful in executing a realignment into Flash storage system market over the past two years. Kelleher also notes that even as the headwinds for NetApp's mature markets moderate, its growth products also provide "strong revenue tailwind". The analyst further contends that NetApp is taking market share from Dell and EMC, while the ramp in cloud services by Amazon Web Services (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), and Microsoft (MSFT) is driving new customer acquisitions and revenue growth.

Amazon Web Services is looking to invest in Chile for the long term as part of the company's expansion plans in Latin America, Reuters reports, citing the remarks from an official with the company to Chilean President Pinera. The report adds that the AWS exec wanted to meet with Pinera and stated: "We think Chile is super important to Latin America and the rest of the world." Reference Link

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted, "The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them." The tweet came in response to Electrek.Co tweeting, "Tesla (TSLA) could rally as media negativity is 'increasingly immaterial', says Baird." After The Verge's Andrew Hawkins weighed in with, "Musk continues his slow transformation into a media-baiting Trump figure screaming irrationally about fake news. Hope it works out for you dude!," Musk tweeted, "Thought you'd say that. Anytime anyone criticizes the media, the media shrieks "You're just like Trump!" Why do you think he got elected in the first place? Because no ones believes you any more. You lost your credibility a long time ago." He went on to add, "Problem is journos are under constant pressure to get max clicks & earn advertising dollars or get fired. Tricky situation, as Tesla doesn't advertise, but fossil fuel companies & gas/diesel car companies are among world's biggest advertisers."